I'm familiar with cases where the patient, after a brief visit with a therapist, is merely prescribed a mood stabilizer. This treatment is followed up with regular visits, observation, and results are borne from a trial and error process.

In my opinion, that foregoing tactic comprises the least cost and effort when it comes to diagnosis and treatment. However, I am posting here because I am almost certain (but unfamiliar with) cases where patients enjoy varying degrees of thoroughness in the area of psychiatry.

All I can imagine right now, based on brief skimming online, is that in psychiatry diagnosis and treatment is elaborate and the trends in precision are evolving.

If you are an expert in areas relating to psychiatry please suggest approaches I should take for the diagnosis and treatment of bipolar disorder.

If you otherwise have received psychiatric treatment that was more comprehensive then please also offer suggestions.

Is there some reason why this office (successfully) faltered my attempts to get help with my disorder (bipolar)? I made an email to a neuro-psychiatric research facility in North Carolina. I asked if there were such a thing as use of medical imaging (such as PET) or EEG (electroencephalography) to gain precision in diagnosis of my condition. I was not given an answer. I feel like they must not use that approach to treat and diagnose their patients. I also feel like they don't deal in cases such as bipolar disorder because it is not suitable for garnering research funding.

Thanks,

theForce